Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Nathan, I can't argue with that. I do love my Leica, but I do wish it's a little bit better and a little bit cheaper. I didn't think I would buy an M8, but I did. I didn't think I would buy an M9, and I did. So I don't think I will buy an M Monochrom, or an M T240, but who knows. If money is flush, anything is possible. On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Yes Richard, it is the content, and I have certainly advocated that > position many times. Yet it is disappointing that Leica is unable to give > us good high(ish) ISO. Yes, occasionally an image shot at 1250 or 2500 is > usable, but just as often it is not. I know that in the film days we were > happy with grainy film images at 1600, but the goal posts have moved, and > it is utterly frustrating that my Pentax K5 does ISO 6400 far better than > any Leica does ISO 2500. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > Sign my petition against the gun lobby: > > > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/include-nra-list-terrorist-organizations-group-actively-promotes-killing-us-civilians/GgyPdyy4 > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 2012, at 4:26 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > Let the avalanche begins :-)? > > > > I have two 13x19 prints hanging on my wall now taken ISO 2000. They are > in > > the 2011 LUG book. Look quite nice. > > > > For certain photography, it's not the (lack of) noise, it's not the > > composition, it's not even the light. It's the content. > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:11 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/photography-blog/2012/dec/28/leica-m-e-rangefinder-photography?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9387 > >> > >> john > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>